Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-12
Mahone's Impudence.

sixty pages, dated ct Washington CITY
on The Eth OF March, 1887, but which,
We are told, General MALONE is now
circulating ell over Virginia. 1t
reaches the climax of impotence. 1t
tells what WILLIAM MALONE did in the
United States Senate, and what insig-
ni6cGnt persons JOHNSON, WITHEIs,
CABELL, WISE, Tucker, DANIEL, BAR
BouR, &c, &c, were in Congress con
trasted with the great MALONE. 1t is
true MALONE is no speaker. 1t is true
he is 10 lawyer, and knows nothing
about constitutions and laws. 1t is
true Democratic House of Repre-
sentstives passed many Of the bills
which be places to his own credit.
Nevertheless, he boldly claims that
was he who secured. we might say, ell
the legislation for Virginia which was
done in Congress whllat he was men,
Der.
A member OF the Roanoke convcn-
ton CHR. GOoDE, We think it vas,)
gave very amusing description of a
MALONE convention. He told how
MAEoNE would select the delegates
how he would tell them where to meet
how he would prepare the platform for
them and finally how ho would pass
vote OF thanks to himself. This last is
what he las Gene in the pamphlet before
Us. But the people OF Virginia are
not such ignoramuses rs to accept his
estimate of himself and his services ss
Their own estimate. The African chief
WHO, after lie had finished eating his
OWL dinner, was every day in tn, habit
of making a herald announce to al
tie King. Of the earth that they might
now eat their dinners, was not more
blind to his real status in the world
than MALONE is to his He sets him
self up az a great leader, when he is
nothing-to borrow the Htatc's express
sive phrase-but "a petty boss" lie
was weighed in the balances and found
wanting-in IsS3, in 1881, and in 1885.
We take 1t for granted that Mr.. RID
DLEBERGER viii have something to say
touching the preposterous claims which
MALONE makes for himself as the only
CONGRESSMAN from Virginia who has
done lately any work for Virginia.
These prepO..erous claims the Wash
ineton Post OF wednesday well charac-
terizcd as ian elaborate prctence of
comparison of the work done for Vir-
piuia in the United States Congress by
all Tie Democratic Senators and Repre-
sentatiyes since the war with the work
accomplished for Virginia by himself
during his one term in the Senate"
"Pretence is the right word. What
did JoHS WIss and RIDDLEBER5EE 10?
q And Bowen, and BRADY, and L1DBET,
and HooPER, and JoRGEYsES, and all
the rest OF the Republicans?
it was on his motion, MALONE says,
that the tax on tobacco was in 1888 re-
duced from Is to 9 cents. We ana
lived the vote on that question years
ago, and showed how many Republic
cans voted for it in the Senate. The
pretcnce that he had any influence with
Democratic senators is only to be men
toned in dsrision. 1t is about as true
as the following statement, which We
give in MAuoNE's own words:
with the Republican party it is
held that this excess OF revenue the
surplus in the Treasury ought to be
arrested by the repeal of all taxes touch
ing the growth, sale, manufacture, and
commercial products OF tobacco" &C.,
&C., &c.
The reader will notice that that state
ment is unqualified. 1t is made as if
il were a mere mention OF an undls-
ruted fact. And yet every intelligent
nan in Virginia knows that in the
House Of Representatives no longer
ago than March last, the question being
on Mr.. HRNDERsoS's motion to repeal
the tax on tobacco, the vote stood:
FOR IT.
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